Giant Armadillos update - Camera trap highlights

As you know, a large part of our work with giant armadillos and giant anteaters involves the use of camera traps. As well as capturing great images of these two species, we inevitably get lots of images of some of the many other incredible animals that share their Pantanal habitat and make use of giant armadillo burrows. This is one of my favourite updates every year, as well as a great showcase of the region's wonderful biodiversity , some of the images can't help but put a smile on your face. Enjoy!

Above: A giant anteater and caiman share a bath

Above: A pair of chaco chachalaca

Above: A crab eating fox in front of a giant armadillo burrow

Above: An agouti leaving a giant armadillo burrow

Above: A mother and bay giant anteater

Above: A pregnant lesser anteater using one of the giant armadillo burrows

Above: A mother and baby lesser anteater

Above: A lesser anteater exploring a giant armadillo burrow

Above: Feral pigs at the watering hole

Above: A nine banded armadillo entering a giant armadillo burrow

Above: An ocelot leaving a giant armadillo burrow

Above: A racoon hunting frogs on the sand mound in front of a giant armadillo burrow

Above: A quati resting on the sand in front of the burrow

Above: A tapir enjoying a dip in the watering hole

Above: Seriema inspecting the giant armadillo burrow

Above: A Tayra at the entrance to the giant armadillo burrow

Once again, I would like to thank you all so much for supporting our work and I look forward to sharing further updates soon.

All the best from Brazil!

Arnaud

Dr Arnaud Desbiez

Arnaud Desbiez is a conservation biologist who has been working in the Brazilian Pantanal since 2002. RZSS has been funding Arnaud's work since 2005 he was made their Regional Conservation and Research Coordinator for Latin America in 2010. Although Arnaud is French he has spent very little time in his native country and has worked in countries as diverse as Belize, Argentina, Bolivia and Nepal.
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